Childish Gambino Biography & Awards

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Artist Info

Biography

When he�s not busy writing for television, performing with his sketch group Derrick Comedy or acting on the NBC comedy Community, Donald Glover somehow finds the time to make beats and rap as his alter ego, Childish Gambino. Starting as a pragmatic solution to finding someone to rhyme over the beats he had been making in his spare time, the project began to take on a life of its own. In 2008, Glover released his first record as Childish Gambino, Sick Boi, and followed it up the next year with Poindexter. In 2010 he released two mix tapes, I Am Just A Rapper and I Am Just a Rapper 2, which found him rapping over indie rock gems like Sleigh Bells' "Infinity Guitars" and Grizzly Bear�s "Two Weeks." Later that year, he released his third full-length album, Culdesac. ~ Gregory Heaney, All Music Guide